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Its getting better now. This is about the bust they were talking about.

CHICAGO (AP) — Three men arrested earlier this week when police raided a Chicago apartment were being held on terrorism conspiracy charges Saturday stemming from allegations that they tried to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the NATO summit, but the first major dress rehearsal of this weekend’s large-scale protests was relatively peaceful.

Chicago police Lt. Kenneth Stoppa said the men face a bond hearing later Saturday on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism, possession of an explosive or incendiary device and providing material support. Stoppa identified the men being held as Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, N.H.; and Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Mass.

Their attorney, Sarah Gelsomino, told The Associated Press the men are “absolutely in shock and have no idea where these charges are coming from.”
Six others also arrested Wednesday in the raid of the South Side apartment where they were staying were released Friday without charges being filed.
One of those protesters, Occupy activist Darrin Annussek of Philadelphia, denied there were Molotov cocktails in the apartment or that raw materials had been compiled to make them.

“No way,” Annussek said. “If I had seen anything that even resembled (a Molotov cocktail), I would have left.”

He claims that during 18 hours in custody, police never told him why he was arrested, read him his rights or allowed him to make a phone call. He said he remained handcuffed to a bench, even after asking to use a restroom.

“There were guards walking by making statements into the door along the lines of ‘hippie,’ ‘communist,” ‘pinko,’” a tired-looking Annussek told reporters just after his release.

What the police busted them for using to make the Molotov Cocktails were this.

The protesters are claiming it was for home brewing.

Note, one of the claims in defense is there was nothing there to make a Molotov Cocktail. Not even the base items.

A High grain alcohol mixed with sugar is the perfect base. From there all you need is bottles to put it in, and rags.

Any one think they didn't have what they needed to make Molotov Cocktails in that house?

(Chicago Sun-Times) — A band of out-of-state “domestic terrorists” was accused Saturday of planning to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home — and firebomb police stations and squad cars — declaring that after the NATO Summit “the city will never be the same,” police and prosecutors said.

One of the conspirators warned: “The city doesn’t know what it’s in for,” prosecutors said.

But undercover Chicago Police officers infiltrated the group of NATO Summit protesters in recent weeks. They were with the protesters while they allegedly made Molotov cocktails — bottles filled with flammable liquid that are used as firebombs, sources said.

“We have people watching them do it,” one law enforcement source told the Chicago Sun-Times.

Gee who couldn't have guessed that one. After all the police knew who they wanted, and what/where they were.

Somehow I didn't think Mayor Rahm would take kindly to outsiders coming in to bomb Fearless Leader's campaign headquarters or the mayor's house. Good work, cops. And those protestors need to remember they're dealing with Dead Fish. I don't like him, but he's got to be admired on this one.

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